jonnyapple said:
I forgot to respond to your second question there. The short answer is it shouldn't ever be a limitation. They're saying there's not a place to plug in a flash sync cord except the bottom. This really isn't an issue because you can put your D90 in commander mode and control the SB-600 wirelessly and it meters through the lens to set flash output (Nikon's wireless flash control is really amazing to me). If you ever absolutely need to have wired flash triggering off-camera, you can buy a cable like the SC-29 and you keep through-the-lens flash metering, as well. Personally, I think it's just too much hassle when you can do it without a cable. I own a flash sync cord and it's mostly become a toy for my kids. Sometimes I'll use it to set up my flash to trigger studio lights so I don't have to deal with the preflash.

Do you mean that you can control Sb-600 through a wireless controller like Nikon ML-L3 Wireless Remote Control or did you mean that the SB-600 would be controlled by D-90 and D-90 would be trigreed by ML-L3?

Jonnyapple, did you mean that you can control Sb-600 through a wireless controller like Nikon ML-L3 Wireless Remote Control or did you mean that the SB-600 would be controlled by D-90 and D-90 would be trigreed by ML-L3?

The ML-L3 can't control an SB-600 except how you mentioned—by triggering the D90 when it's set in flash commander mode. This will all make more sense when you try it out. Did they ship the camera, by the way? My dad once found and ordered an amazing deal on amazon and got an email the next day saying that there was a typo on the price and would he like it at the real price.

Cool! Thanks. Yea it makes sense. also there is a rumor about Sb-600 being closed and 700 replacing it and i cant find sb-600 anywhere. dont know if it is good or bad..
They have not shipped the camera yet. the status is Not Shipped. I am hoping that it was not an error. just keeping my fingers crossed

I wasn't trying to scare you, mis. Sorry about that!
I think it's a good thing if they really are replacing the SB-600. The interface is a little strange—very un-Nikon. I might buy an SB-700 (or whatever) as my SB-600 has seen better days and keep the SB-600 as a backup.

Also one more clarification, in the above scenario, where ML-L3 tiggers D90 and D90 tiggers SB-600, the Sb-600 does not need to be on the shoe, in other words, 600 can be anyhere and will be trigerred by D90 wirelessly, am i correct?

Yes D90 built in flash can be used to trigger SB-600 remotely. It is not radio wireless control though but light control so the flashes need to "see" each other. And yes of course you can use ML-L3 to trigger the shot and flashes in this setup.

I got my camera and lens yesterday finally. took some pictures and they came out very well. Though i was shooting on Auto, still the pictures were 10 times better than P&S.I am sure when i will go to advanced modes, they will be even better.
Thank you all for supporting me to get the D90.